Handsome Furs @ Lincoln Hall

January 28, 2011 - Chicago, IL

By Rory O'Connor

Handsome Furs @ Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL - January 15, 2010 - by Rory O'Connor

During Chicago's recent Tomorrow Never Knows festival, Montreal synth rockers Handsome Furs played a one-off tour date at Lincoln Hall. Dan Broeckner, co-founder of the group with both bandmate and wife Alexei Perry, recently announced his hiatus from his other project - the highly acclaimed Wolf Parade - to focus on new material for Handsome Furs. It's no surprise, then, that the duo grasped this opportunity to play a set chock full of new tunes to an eager, fan-filled, sold out crowd.

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"The Furs opened with a brand new song, which featured skittering beats, electro tinges, heavy vibrations and early '80s influences. Over half of their set was comprised of new ones, some with just keys and the drum machine, and others with the guitar added. Before they performed a song they wrote just a few days ago, they confessed they hadn't played it all the way through yet and felt "terrified" to use the audience as "guinea pigs" -- but they nailed it. Another new one, 'Bury Me Standing,' continued the electro theme, while a song they've been playing live since 2009, 'Agony,' generated booming effects and major hair whipping."